Jinthony Trollope 



' That 's Captain Glomax, I suppose/ said Morton. * I 

 don't know him, but from the way he 's talking to the hunts- 

 man you may be sure of it.' 



' He is the great man, is he ? All these dogs belong to 

 him?' 



* Either to him or the hunt.' 



' And he pays for those servants } ' 



' Certainly.' 



' He is a very rich man, I suppose.' Then Mr. Morton 

 endeavoured to explain the position of Captain Glomax. 

 He was not rich. He was no one in particular — except that 

 he was Captain Glomax ; and his one attribute was a know- 

 ledge of hunting. He didn't keep the ' dogs ' out of his 

 own pocket. He received £2000 a year from the gentlemen 

 of the county, and he himself paid anything which the 

 hounds and horses might cost over that. ' He 's a sort of 

 upper servant, then ? ' asked the Senator. 



' Not at all. He 's the greatest man in the county on 

 hunting days.' 



' Does he live out of it ? ' 



' I should think not.' 



* It 's a deal of trouble, isn't it } ' 



* Full work for an active man's time, I should say.' A 

 great many more questions were asked and answered, at the 

 end of which the Senator declared that he did not quite 

 understand it, but as far as he saw he did not think much of 

 Captain Glomax. 



* If he could make a living out of it I should respect 



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